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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1925
Page
5
A Boulogne report describes a British air disaster involving a vessel by The Ass Boulogne and Gordon Benne. A freight train derailment caused by a guide rope torn on the tracks disrupted transit and a Duta passenger was affected.
A participant was laid up after a moving balloon struck during a race. Reports from Bennett yesterday indicate the rider was not seriously hurt.
The Astgag Press reports Secretary Wilbur compiled a list of ships from C Z van British French Italian and Japanese navies within sailing distance of the central urban area in China. The data was for verification purposes but seen as reflecting tensions watched in Washington.
AP reports fighting among Yunnanese troops holding Canton and Sun Yat Sen followers on Honan island. Six gunboats opened fire on an electric fish station. Casualties described as light. Refugees flee aboard steamers to Hong Kong.
The New York case in the June 8 report confirms Benjamin Gitlow’s conviction under the criminal anarchy statute. The Supreme Court upheld the verdict, declaring the statute valid and enforcing wartime policy.
Official circles in London noted a serious Chinese situation as reports claim strikes are spreading to various Chinese cities. No information was received on the fate of missionaries in the interior.
The foreign legations appoint a delegation of their secretaries to probe rioting tied to a strike in Japanese owned Shanghai mills. They expect arrival in about two days and aim to temper local sentiment toward foreigners.
The Ingertree, a Norwegian relief expedition steamship, sails toward Spitzbergen at 10.5 knots. Two seaplanes are mounted on deck for immediate service as the relief effort proceeds.
Geneva June 8 the international arms conference banned bacteria in warfare. An amendment added bacteria to the list of forbidden war methods alongside poison gas.
A June report indicates postal revenues for May fell by more than twelve million dollars yearly despite new postage rates that took effect April 16. Officials await June figures to confirm whether the decline is temporary.
In Peru Indiana on June 8 eight Black track layers and a trainman were killed when a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train overturned on a curve near Converse. The wreck buried them beneath the engine tender and fifteen coal cars.
A Greek naval detachment has landed on the Island of Samoa off the Asia Minor coast and martial law is declared to quell an uprising led by the Vafiades brothers. The rebels seized government buildings deported authorities and disrupted communications.
Havana report says four newspaper publishers resolved disputes after two men, Santiago Claret of Havana and Fiorencio Vetiz of Cienfuegos, were injured examining sabres. A third incident saw Gustavo Gonzales Beauville of El Heraldo De Cuba slightly hurt with Jose M. Muzuarleta of El Parcial. Duelling is illegal in Cuba.
Baton Rouge police report that fingerprints on the axe used to kill Oscar B. Turner, agronomy instructor at Louisiana State University, are smeared beyond photo reproduction. Turner was found in a classroom with his face and head severely cut yesterday.
Oscar B Turner professor of Agronomy at Louisiana State University was found yesterday at the foot of a flight of stairs in the Agronomy building with throat and face gashes. A small fire axe lay nearby, blood on a paned handprint as the sole clue to the tragedy.
Sturges Kentucky June 8 Fifteen men were entombed by a blast at West Kentucky Coal Company Mine Number Nine near here. About two hundred workers were present. 185 escaped through other exits as company officials reported.
The Indiana Limestone Quarrymans Association president T J Verita says nationwide building activity could hit six billion dollars this year as the real estate boards report a shrinking shortage.
The official commission appointed by the Belgian government to negotiate with American authorities for settlement of war debt will visit the United States in July.
Washington June 8 The War Department has sent a comprehensive circular to the nine area commanders directing that patriotic demonstrations be the main feature of Master Day ceremonies on July Fourth. Commanders are told to confer with state and municipal authorities and focal committees to assist in arranging the demonstrations.
William Jennings Bryan said he was not concerned with personalities in the Dayton Tennessee evolution case. He declined to discuss contending lawyers, noting the case should be tried on merit alone, not prominence of counsel, in an interview after returning to Miami from a month away.
The Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs holds a biannual council in Tallulah Falls focusing on the Tallulah Falls Industrial Institution supported by the federation. The program includes the institution’s activities and related developments for the year.
The long Eastern heat wave, six to eight days, is broken by a brisk northwest wind. It has claimed 149 lives overall, with 71 in Philadelphia alone, and over 400 deaths reported in the East as temperatures plunged dramatically.
Chicago reports relief from a nine day heat wave that has claimed 481 lives nationwide. The article notes the easing of extreme temperatures across the Middle West, offering brief respite after record heat.
Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange reports nearly fifty percent loss on vegetable crops suffered by southern Illinois growers due to the heat wave. The Illinois Agricultural Association was informed today.
Three more deaths and several prostrations were attributed to the heat wave as temperatures rose to 94 official and 100 unofficial. Weather officials predicted relief from two fronts with a northeast movement cooling New England and New Jersey, and a western disturbance breaking the high pressure from the Azores. The relief was expected to reach the Ohio Valley and Tennessee by Tuesday as President Coolidge prepared to speak at the Norse American centennial.
Washington June 8 delegates at the thirtieth annual convention of the national association of credit men discuss methods to prevent commercial crimes costing an estimated 250 million dollars yearly to business and the public. The association has funded investigations and prosecutions of credit crooks.
Undergoing construction projects will be completed and dedicated during the exercise on Wednesday. Governor Walker will serve as the principal speaker, marking the event with formal remarks and ceremonial duties.
President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge arrive in Minnesota for the Norse American Centennial, greeted by thousands at Union Station and state fairgrounds. Chicago to Minnesota travel details and a larger security pact discussion between Britain and France are noted in brief, with emphasis on the cooling political climate and shared tributes.
From Geneva and London reports the British foreign secretary Austen Chamberlain and French foreign minister Aristide Briand say Britain and France have complete accord on all points of the reply to Germany’s proposal for a western European security pact. The note pledges Britain’s guarantee of Rhine frontier security as defined by the Versailles treaty and warns that any violation of Rhineland territorial clauses would be a cause for war.
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